Let me first say that I may not have the proper PC sensibilities as I am not a US citizen; apologies if I cross a line. As I understand the issue of "women in

Let me first say that I may not have the proper PC sensibilities as I am not a US citizen; apologies if I cross a line. As I understand the issue of "women in tech", I believe people are usually referring to two separate issues; - Lack of acknowledgement, representation of and hostility towards women within the tech community, in the professional context especially, context which extends to conferences and other gatherings. - Lack of women actually choosing or sticking to a tech career path, which is attributed at least partially to the previous point. Affirmative action has been around for long enough to have created a decent amount of literature on all sides of the fence. I doubt that there's a final conclusion to that chapter. I'd be curious to know what the public opinion is nowadays on that issue, specifically in the US. Personally I would favor positive initiatives focusing on easing the process of women going into tech, rather than trying to force some sort of (subjective) balance upon a community that more often that not behave organically (thus likely to not be very receptive to this kind of action). Things like http://techwomen.co/ http://techwomen.co/ or http://www.girlswhocode.com/ http://www.girlswhocode.com/.